A View from the Back of the Envelope top

Volume
m3
Scale of some things
Landmarks
Length Area Volume
[ Scale | Other ]
Rough Draft
m3
...
10-30
10-29
10-28
10-27 nm3
10-26
10-25
10-24
10-23
10-22
10-21
10-20
10-19
10-18 um3
10-17
10-16
10-15
10-14
10-13
10-12
10-11
10-10
10-9 mm3
10-8
10-7 eyedropper drop
10-6 cm3 | mL milliliter
10-5 in3 | tablespoon
10-4 cup
10-3 liter | quart
10-2 ft3 | 2 gallon
10-1 barrel | human adult
100 m3 | yd3
101
102 railroad tank car
103 acre·ft
104
105
106
107
108
109 km3
1010
1011
1012 water in living biomass | streams
1013 atmospheric water | a US Great Lake (larger ones)
1014
1015
1016 Earth ice | groundwater
1017
1018 (Mm)3 | Earth oceans
1019
1020
1021 Earth
1022
1023
1024
1025
1026
1027 (Gm)3 | Sun
1028
1029
1030
...

A View from the Back of the Envelope
Comments encouraged. - Mitchell N Charity <mcharity@lcs.mit.edu> 




Notes:
 Copper grain sizes - normal 50 um, nanophased 50 nm (2x hard), 6 nm (5x hard)




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